The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.

Gliwice Radio Tower, likely the tallest wooden structure in the world.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

An impressive monument to Poland's independence.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

Museum dedicated to "the man who moved the Earth."

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

This Communist-era residential block is one of the longest residential building in Europe.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

This antique thermometer honors the creator of the first universal temperature scale.

Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.

A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.

A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.

A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.

This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.

These rare statues are one of the few remaining material witnesses to Old Prussian culture.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.

A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.